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Starting with the installation of 11 bicycle (and pedestrian) counters in a number of counties in Scotland, and predominantly west, central Scotland, from June 2017 and through to Aug 2020, when the 63rd counter was installed in Fort William in the Highlands …

Bicycle & Pedestrian Counts

Counter Locations

Counter Data Summary

Total count per year
traffic mode 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 total
bicycle 121,410 334,577 1,079,064 2,061,402 888,103 4,484,556
pedestrian 321,198 910,552 3,711,360 7,784,947 5,811,572 18,539,629
Average count by hour
traffic mode 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
bicycle 10 6 13 24 20
pedestrian 28 17 45 90 132
Average count by day (across counters)
traffic mode 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
bicycle 42 29 53 96 81
pedestrian 110 84 179 360 527

 
As at end Jun 2021 nearly 4.5m bikes and just over 18.5m pedestrians had been recorded going past all counters. Average count per day dropped in 2018 for both types of counters before starting to rise again. Looking at counts overall, cycling peaked in May 2020, two months after the first COVID-19 lockdown was imposed, then continued to drop after plateauing over the summer. Despite further restrictions in 2021 cycling dropped overall. Walking, overall, however continued to rise in 2021. But even this started to decrease in April, and by June had dropped below the same month in 2020.

Variation across Locations

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Cycling through the Day

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Cycling over the Week

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As the Seasons Change

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Local Snapshots

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